Pencil-drawer for school-desks



(No Model.)

S. A. PERRY.

PENGIL DRAWER FOR SCHOOL DESKS. No. 356,327. Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

I I i 0 W ITNEssEs: IN ZEN TOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH A. PERRY, OF RIPLEY, OHIO.

PENCIL-DRAWER FOR SCHOOL-DESKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.3,,56,327, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed March 15, 1886. Serial No. 195,253.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH A. PERRY, of Ripley, in the county of Brown and State of Ohio, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Pencil-Drawers for School-Desks, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the forward edge of the school desk top with my improved pencil-holder; Fig. 2, a central section of the same with the holder pushed back in position,

and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modifica tion of my invention.

This invention relates to an improvement in pencil-holders for school-desks, consisting of a drawer having a transverse piece near one end, and pivoted to a metal'plate sunk in the lower face of the desk-top, so that it may be easily opened or closed to receive therein the pencils, erasers, &e., of the occupant of the desk, all of which will now be fully set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the top of an ordinary school-desk with the forward edge partly cut away, so as to expose the device beneath. The lower face of desk-top is provided with a metal plate, B, sunk therein and secured in position by means of screws 0. Centrally beneath this metal piece B, I provide a holder or receiver, D, having a transverse bar, E, rearwardly near one end. This transverse bar E is attached to the metal piece B by means ot'a bolt, F, so that the receiver D may be rotated thereon. The forward end, G,of the end opposite to the one having the transverse bar E is formed somewhat obliquely, having at its upper part a forwardlyp'rojecting flange, I-I, so disposed as to engage with an angling catch, I, laterally from the metal piece B, beneath the top of the desk. This receiver I) is designed to be made either of wood or metal, and in cases where it is made of metal the transverse bar E is cast integral therewith. The forward end, G, is designed to be turned back with the side J flush with the forward edge of the desk-top A. The angled catch I is designed to have the oblique end G of the receiver to come in contact there (No model.)

with to act as a stop, and thus prevent the forward end swinging back under the top. A short upright partition, K, is designed to be placed centrally within the bottom of the receiver, so as to partially divide its interior.

A special feature of this receiver is that the 5 5 metal plate B, being sunk-into the lower face of the top A, with the transverse bar E secured thereto, the pivoting parts are almost entirely concealed from view, and another feature is that the transverse bar E is at a short distance from the rear end of the receiver D, so that when it is drawn out, as shown in Fig. 1, there is but little liability of its becoming broken or detached by rough usage, as would be obviously the case if the pivoting-point were near 6 the end.

Fig. 3 represent a modification of the device, wherein the forward end, L, is formed semicircular to correspond with the opposite end, and the oblique end G and catch I, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, dispensed with, and a stop,

M, attached to the lower side of the top A rearwardly from the forward end of the receiver to prevent its swinging back under the top, and thus perform the same function that 7 5 the obliquely-disposed catch I does.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination of theliolder D, having rearwardly the transverse bar E, and the partition K, pivoted to a piece, B, secured to the lower face of the top A, the forward end of the receiver obliquely disposed with the flange H, to engage with the catch I, attached to the lower face of the top A, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The receiver and holder D, having near one end the transverse bar E, and provided centrally within its bottom with the short upright and dividing partition K, substantially o as and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 30th day of January, 1886, in the presence of witnesses.

SARAH A. PERRY.

Witnesses:

DUGALD MoKILLoP, 0. D. ZERBE. 

